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Family: Echinometridae



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17 species (see list below)
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Colobocentrotus atratus
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Colobocentrotus mertensi
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Colobocentrotus pedifer
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Echinometra insularis
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Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 15 cm WD
Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Echinometra lucunter
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Photo by Bos, Arthur

Indo-Pacific and Western
Max. Length 8 cm WD
Echinometra mathaei (De Blainville, 1825)

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Echinometra mathaei
[Rock-boring urchin]
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Echinometra oblonga
[Short-spined black urchin]
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Echinometra vanbrunti
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Echinometra viridis
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Echinostrephus aciculatus
[Needle-spined urchin]
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Echinostrephus molaris
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Evechinus chloroticus
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Photo by Choi, Jong-Kwan

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 7.7 cm WD
Heliocidaris crassispina (Agassiz, 1864)

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Heliocidaris crassispina
[Purple sea urchin]

Photo by Stuart-Smith, Rick

Eastern Indian Ocean

Heliocidaris erythrogramma (Valenciennes, 1846)

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Heliocidaris erythrogramma
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Photo by Stuart-Smith, Rick

Western Pacific.

Heliocidaris tuberculata (Lamarck, 1816)

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Heliocidaris tuberculata
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Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific, except Arab

Heterocentrotus mamillatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Heterocentrotus mamillatus
[Red pencil urchin]
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Heterocentrotus trigonarius
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Colobocentrotus atratus Eastern Central Pacific 1758
Colobocentrotus mertensi Western Pacific 1835
Colobocentrotus pedifer Eastern Central Pacific 1825
Echinometra insularis Southeast Pacific 1912
Echinometra lucunter Western Central Atlantic 15 WD 1758
Echinometra mathaei Rock-boring urchin Indo-Pacific and Western 8 WD 1825
Echinometra oblonga Short-spined black urchin Pacific Ocean. 1825
Echinometra vanbrunti Eastern Pacific. 1863
Echinometra viridis Western Central Atlantic 1863
Echinostrephus aciculatus Needle-spined urchin Pacific Ocean. 1863
Echinostrephus molaris Indo-Pacific. 1825
Evechinus chloroticus Southwest Pacific 1846
Heliocidaris crassispina Purple sea urchin Northwest Pacific 7.7 WD 1864
Heliocidaris erythrogramma Eastern Indian Ocean 1846
Heliocidaris tuberculata Western Pacific. 1816
Heterocentrotus mamillatus Red pencil urchin Indo-Pacific, except Arab 1758
Heterocentrotus trigonarius Central Pacific 1816



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